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Islamic Hatred for Catholic Believers

Will Cause Christian Fleshly Life Loss

Plus A Burning of the Church Buildings

Across Future Islam Antichrist Caliphate

From Morocco to Malaysia to New Guinea

February 19, 2010

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When the final war of the Gentile Age begins the Catholic Church will side with the forces of Islam rather than Israel. But once the Antichrist has driven Israel into the Negev, and established his Caliphate, he will turn the hatred of Islam for Christians loose, and Islam will take believers physical lives and burn their church buildings.

Revelation 17:16-18 – And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate

and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. [17] For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. [18] And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over

the kings of the earth.

Revelation 18:4 – And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that

ye receive not of her plagues.

Begin Excerpt from Malaysia

LETTER FROM MALAYSIA

Bigger Issues Lurk Behind Allah Debate

By THOMAS FULLER

KUALA LUMPUR — Fatwa, imam, hajj — words that have passed the lips of millions of people in the Muslim world and beyond. Here in Malaysia, where religious tensions periodically simmer and boil, non-Muslims can be jailed up to a year for writing or uttering them outside of an Islamic context.

More than two dozen words and phrases are banned for non-Muslims by a law that ostensibly seeks to prevent members of other religions, chiefly Christians, from trying to convert Muslims, who make up about 60 percent of Malaysia’s population.

Until recently the ban, which carries a maximum one-year prison sentence, was obscure: it has only been used once in court, according to Pawancheek Marican, a Malaysian lawyer who has written about it.

Now a debate about these banned words has become

the latest chapter in what is known here as the Allah issue.

A decision in December by a judge to overturn a government ban on the use of the word Allah by a Catholic newspaper has led Malaysians of all traditions — Muslims, Christians, Buddhists and Hindus — to question the boundaries of religious freedom.

In January the government announced it would appeal the Allah case.

Tensions escalated when churches were burned and the severed heads of wild boars, offensive to Muslims, were found in the compound of two mosques.

The issue has embittered Christians and roiled Muslim sensibilities.

But in a country where religion and ethnic politics are intertwined, many people see the issue as more politics than religion, a reflection of the country’s persistent political turmoil.

[…….]

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The Jews one day controlling the earth is NOT a Myth!

February 18, 2010

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Romans 11:25-28 – For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

[26] And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: [27] For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

[28] As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sakes.

Zechariah 12:8,9 – In that day shall the Lord defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them. [9] And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 37:24-28 – And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. [25] And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children’s children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. [26] Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. [27] My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

[28] And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

Isaiah 2:1-5 – The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. [2] And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. [3] And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. [4] And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. [5] O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Zechariah 14:8,9,16 – And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be.

[9] And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one.

[16] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

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February 16, 2010

Special Dispatch No. 2809

Saudi Writer: The Myth of the Jews Controlling the World Is Just a Cover for the Arab Failure

In a January 27, 2010 article on the liberal website Elaph, Saudi writer and journalist Hani Al-Naqshbandi wrote that the idea that The Protocols of the Elders of Zion are authentic is an insult to human intelligence, and that a distinction must be made between the state of Israel – which deserves to perish – and the Jewish people, who are just a nation like any other.

He stated that the Jews were oppressed throughout history because they were a minority,

and that the myth of their control over the global economy and the media is an invention used by the Arabs to cover up for their own failures.

Following are excerpts from the article:

“To Believe [in the Protocols] Is Self-Demeaning; It Is an Insult to One’s Own Intelligence”

“A few days ago I leafed through the first book I wrote, titled The Jews under the Microscope, which I penned during my last year at the university. In it, I discussed the destruction that the Jews brought upon the world, based on [the document] called The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which first appeared in the beginning of the previous century in Russia. Looking through [my] book today, I realize how wrong I was, in at least half the things [I wrote]. [Today] I have become convinced that the Protocols are nothing but a work of fiction, and that the myth of the Jews bringing destruction upon the world requires a meticulous [reexamination].

“These Protocols, which ostensibly [expose] the Jewish plans for taking over the world, are pure nonsense, and [the fact that many] accept them as authentic means… that people are like passive sheep with no will [of their own]. [Those who] believe in the Protocols [think that] every disaster that occurs in the world is caused by the Jews, so there is no choice but to blame them [even] for volcano eruption and earthquakes. To believe this is self-demeaning; it is an insult to one’s own intelligence. It also means attributing to a small group of people much more power than it [actually] has. I have known some Jews, and they are in no way different from [people of] other religions or ethnicities. [The only thing] I discovered is that they have more self-discipline.

“I am not talking about Israel, which is another matter.

I am talking about the Jews.

In the course of their history they have faced many tragedies, and when I investigated the reason for these tragedies, I found that most of them stemmed from the fact that [the Jews] were a minority. [It is a well known fact] that minorities around the world face greater oppression [than others], and for this reason they become fearful but also more united.”

“The Talk about the Jews Controlling the Global Economy and Media Is [Nothing but] an Intellectual Fallacy”̉

“The Koran tells us that Pharaoh oppressed [the Jews], but does not tell us the reason. All we know is that Joseph brought the Jews into Egypt and that Allah sent Moses to set them free.

We also know that Hitler oppressed them and burned them, as he did to other minorities, [including] Arabs and blacks, yet we do not know why Germany oppressed them [either]. Some say it was because [the Jews] were traitors, but that is untrue. We have no knowledge of any treason against Pharaoh on their part that justified their oppression, nor do we have any knowledge of treason against Hitler that justified his similar oppression [of the Jews]. Moreover, most of the Jews were traders and scholars, and Einstein is only one example of this.

“I am not suggesting to shed tears or to show any [special] sympathy [for the Jews], but neither do I find any reason to curse them, as is done today in our mosques and schools. After all, they belong to the People of the Book. As for Israel, it is appropriate to pray for its demise and to ask Allah to take revenge on those who have turned our women into widows and our children into orphans. But if we are talking about people [whose only sin is that they] belong to a different religion than ours, then the invective against them only arouses unjustified hostility.

“Turning back to the issue of the Protocols, let me say that we must be more rational in discussing other nations or peoples… If some people say that the Protocols are true because everything said in them has come to pass, then I say that none of what is said in them has come to pass. The talk about the Jews controlling the global economy and media is [nothing but] an intellectual fallacy, because the economy is driven by the forces of supply and demand, and the media by political interests.

The Jewish influence is nothing more than an Arab invention, which we use to conceal our own failures from ourselves and from the world.”

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EXPOSITION OF I CORINTHIANS 13 – Part 1

February 18, 2010

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For the last thirty-five years I have anxiously waited for the time to arrive when I believed the Middle East situation would unfurl a series of events which would let me have the assurance that

the second coming of Christ would be occurring within a reasonable window of time. I do not know the hour, the day, the week, the month, the seasons (summer, winter, fall or spring), the times (the phases of the moon), or the year. But I am not a child of darkness, and I know it is drawing near. It is certainly true that the day of the rapture occurs as a thief in the night, but God’s children should not be overtaken by it. If a person knew the general time the thief might come, based on information available to him, and his pattern of operation in the area around him, he could make necessary preparations and capture him.

In the New Testament the admonition has continually been “to be ready, to be watching.” Soon Jesus is coming. He will capture his children, and take them with him. We do not want to be spiritually asleep when he comes for us.

I Thessalonians 4:15 to 5:6 – For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming

of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. [16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: [17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

[18] Wherefore comfort one another with these words. [1] But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. [2] For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. [3] For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. [4] But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.

[5] Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. [6] Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

Since I do believe his coming is drawing near, the most important thing to do is to be found growing in faith, hope, and charity in one of his churches when he comes, and for that reason, Lord willing, each week, on

the regular Prophecy Update, I will have a continuing series of an exposition of the entire thirteenth chapter of First Corinthians. This is the first in a lengthy series.

WHEN he comes is not nearly as important as being READY when he arrives.

Part 1

Charity (Agape) – Love given demanding no return!

I have heard some teachers tell their classes that the translation of the Greek word “agape” in Corinthians should have been “love,” and I can certainly understand why they say it. However, I contend that “charity” is able to transmit what “agape” really means. After one goes through countless lexicons, they all narrow down to the kind of love it is – a love given, which is not based on it ever being returned. Charity fits that definition to a “T.” It is love that is just given expecting nothing in return. Any love it receives in return is based on the gratitude of the one who receives it, which is strictly a voluntary act on their part. It is given to anyone and everyone, even if they do not want it or appreciate it, it

is a gift based on unmerited favor.

I Corinthians 13:13 – And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

Because we believe Jesus was delivered for our offences and resurrected for our justification we are justified by our FAITH in him, and have peace with God eternally through his Son. We stand eternally secure in the assurance of his everlasting grace, which causes us to rejoice in HOPE of the glory we know we will see in him at his appearing.

As we wait for his appearance, the many tribulations we experience build up patience in us by the many times he delivers us, and in this experience we get from seeing how often he delivers us from our trials and tribulations, we grow to LOVE him because we begin to learn how much he LOVES us.

Romans 4:25 to 5:11 – Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for

our justification. [1] Therefore being justified BY FAITH, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: [2] By whom also we have access by FAITH into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in HOPE of the glory of God. [3] And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; [4] And patience, experience; and experience, HOPE: [5] And hope maketh not ashamed; because the LOVE of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

[6] For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. [7] For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. [8] But God commendeth his LOVE toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

I Corinthians 13:13 – And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.

This kind of love comes from God and is a literal part of God. This kind of love is more than a characteristic of God, it is his character. This love shines into born again hearts as the person of God in his Son living in us, and is the treasure we have in earthen vessels of sinful clay. It is his love in us that allows us to endure all the trials and tribulations that come against us, and allows us to live our lives in sinful flesh

by his Son’ s faith indwelling u

s.

The victorious Christian life is one lived by the faith of the Son of God living in us in all our trials.
LOVE IS GOD’S NATURAL CHARACTER!

I John 4:7,8 – Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. [8] He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

CHRIST’S LOVE IS THE TREASURE ALONGSIDE OUR SAVED SOUL THAT SUSTAINS US!

II Corinthians 4:6-11 – For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. [7] But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. [8] We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; [9] Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; [10] Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. [11] For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

CHRIST’S FAITH LIVING IN US IN ALL OUR TRIALS IS THE WAY WE MANIFEST A CHRISTIAN WALK.

His love, his life, is made manifest in us, by the will of our souls submitting to his, and allowing him

to live his life in us.

Galatians 2:20,21 – I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. [21] I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

THE LOVE OF GOD IS NOT LOUD OR BRASSY, IT IS THE WORD OF HIS SON LIVING IN US THAT MANIFESTS A SOUL SUBDUED BY THE LOVE OF HIS WORD.

This process of submission is outlined by Paul in his first epistle to Timothy.

I Timothy 4:13 – Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

II Timothy 2:15 – Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

I Timothy 3:14,15 – These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: [15] But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Ephesians 3:21 – Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end.

John 13:35 – By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, IF YE HAVE LOVE one to another.

Be ware

of the Coming War!

Cried From Gaza To Lebanon,

It will begin prior to year 2015,

With Odds increasing each Year,

It will be the last war of this Age!

Jerusalem must fall before it Rises!

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ARCHIVE PROPHECY UPDATE NUMBER 132

August 8, 2003

Zechariah Exposition 13:8 TO 14:16

Part 3

Please look back at the following Prophecy Updates before reading 132: 130 (Part 1), 130D, and 131 (Part 2).

Americans are accustomed to read the account of an event found in the straight line, progressive style of writing.

But the prophetic writers, at times, hopped back and forth between prophetic events separated by as much as a thousand years, and chronology is often difficult to maintain in interpreting them. When writing about end time events they would write about the beginning of the tribulation period, then jump over to the 2nd Advent and into the millennial reign, then spring backward to what led up to the tribulation period, then rush to the end of it and the final battle of Armageddon, etc., etc., etc. So, at times, it is not easy to separate the events they describe, especially within the chapter and verse divisions in the Scriptures supplied by the King James translators. So, with this in mind, please look at Zechariah 13:9.

Zechariah 13:9 – And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

We are advised they will be severely tried by the fire of the last 1260 days of tribulation in the Negev, but they will eventually cry out to their God, and he will deliver them. This whole event lasts some 1260 days, and then continues for a thousand years thereafter. Now, as we move into the next verse of

the continuous narrative, the writer backs up in time, and tells us of an event associated with the beginning of the tribulation.

Zechariah 14:1 – Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee.

Jerusalem sets “in the midst” of Israel, and its spoils shall be divided among the 10 conquering nations. Once aga in,

in the prophetic style of writing, in

the next verse, in the last phrase, he jumps to the end of the 1260 days, and assures Israel that God will preserve a remnant in the Negev, which will return some 1260 days after Jerusalem falls.

Zechariah 14:2 – For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the RESIDUE of the people shall not be CUT OFF from the city.

The word KARATH is translated “CUT OFF.” There are several words translated “cut off” in the KJV. KARATH means “TO BE CUT OFF FOREVER.” The other Hebrew words translated “cut off’ usually provided a way for the offender to be restored to fellowship with Israel, but KARATH implies BEING CUT OFF WITHOUT ANY CHANCE OF BEING ALLOWED TO RETURN. The word translated RESIDUE is the Hebrew word YETHER, which is translated as REMNANT in Micah 5:3. (See Prophecy Update Number 64)

Micah 5:3 – Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the REMNANT of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. (See Prophecy Update Number 64)

In the last phrase of Zechariah 14:2, God is assuring the tribes of Israel that even if they will be driven out of Jerusalem, they will return some 1260 days later. He does this by the use of the word “NOT.” The residue (REMNANT) of the people (ISRAELIS) shall NOT be CUT OFF from the city.

When Jerusalem falls, God begins to fight for Israel, and it begins a period of 1260 days, through which he will extend his protective shield over them in the Negev wilderness.

Zechariah 14:3 – Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

Lord willing, I will pick up on this Scripture in the next whole numbered Prophecy Update.

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From Gaza to Lebanon: Beware of the Coming War

Ramzy Baroud

16 February 2010

The Israeli military may be much less effective in winning wars than it was in the past, thanks to the stiffness of Arab resistance.

But its military strategists are as shrewd and unpredictable as ever. The recent rhetoric that has escalated from Israel suggests that a future war in Lebanon will most likely target Syria as well.

While this doesn’t necessarily mean that Israel actually intends to target either of these countries in the near future, it is certainly the type or language that often precedes Israeli military maneuvers.

Deciphering the available clues regarding the nature of Israel’s immediate military objectives is not always easy, but it is possible. One indicator that could serve as a foundation for any serious prediction of Israel’s actions is Israel’s historical tendency to seek a perpetual state of war. Peace, real peace, has never been a long-term policy.

“Unlike many others, I consider that peace is not a goal in itself but only a means to guarantee our existence,” claimed Yossi Peled, a former army general and current Cabinet Minister in Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government.

Israeli official policy — military or otherwise — is governed by the same Zionist diktats that long preceded the establishment of the state of Israel. If anything has changed since early Zionists outlined their vision, it was the interpretation of those directives. The substance has remained intact. For example, Zionist visionary, Vladimir Jabotinsky stated in 1923 that Zionist “colonization can…continue and develop only under the protection of a force independent of the local population — an iron wall which the native population cannot break through.” He was not then referring to an actual wall.

While his vision took on various manifestations throughout the years, in 2002 it was translated into a real wall aimed at prejudicing any just solution with the Palestinians. Now, most unfortunately, Egypt has also started building its own steel wall along its border with the war-devastated Gaza Strip.

One thing we all know by now is that Israel is a highly militarized country. Its definition of ‘existence’ can only be ensured by its uncontested military dominance at all fronts, thus the devastating link between Palestine and Lebanon. This link makes any analysis of Israel’s military intents in Gaza, that excludes Lebanon — and in fact, Syria — seriously lacking. Consider, for example, the unprecedented Israeli crackdown on the Second Palestinian Uprising which started in September 2000.

How is that linked to Lebanon? Israel had been freshly defeated by the Lebanese resistance, led by Hezbollah, and was forced to end its occupation of Lebanon in May 2000. Israel wanted to send an unmistakable message to Palestinians that this defeat was in fact not a defeat at all, and that any attempt at duplicating the Lebanese resistance model in Palestine would be ruthlessly suppressed. Israel’s exaggeration in the use of its highly sophisticated military to stifle a largely popular revolution was extremely costly to Palestinians in terms of human toll.

Israel’s 34-day war on Lebanon in July 2006 was an Israeli attempt at destroying Arab resistance, and restoring its metaphorical iron wall. It backfired, resulting in a real Israeli defeat.

Israel, then, did what it does best. It used its superior air force, destroyed much of Lebanon’s civilian infrastructure and killed more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians. The resistance, with humble means, killed more than 160 Israelis, mostly soldiers during combat. Not only had Hezbollah penetrated the Israeli iron wall, it also filled it with holes. It challenged, like never before, the Israeli army’s notion of invincibility and illusion of security. Something went horribly wrong in Lebanon.

Since then, the Israeli army, intelligence, propagandists and politicians have been in constant preparation for another showdown. But before such pending battle, the nation needed to renew its faith in its army and government intelligence; thus the war in Gaza late Dec. 2008.

As appalling as it was for Israeli families to gather en masse near the Israeli Gaza border, and watch giddily as Gaza and Gazans were blown to smithereens, the act was most rational.

The victims of the war may have been Palestinians in Gaza, but the target audience was Israelis. The brutal and largely one-sided war united Israelis, including their self-proclaimed leftist parties in one rare moment of solidarity.

Of course, Israel’s military strategists knew well that their war crimes in Gaza were a clumsy attempt at regaining national confidence. The tightly lipped politicians and army generals wanted to give the impression that all was working according

to plan. But the total media blackout, and the orchestrated footage of Israeli soldiers flashing military signs and waving flags on their way back to Israel were clear indications of an attempt to improve a problematic image.

Thus Yossi Peled’s calculated comments on January 23: “In my estimation, understanding and knowledge it is almost clear to me that it is a matter of time before there is a military clash in the north.” Further, he claimed that “We are heading toward a new confrontation, but I don’t know when it will happen, just as we did not know when the second Lebanon war would erupt.” Peled is of course right. There will be a new confrontation. New strategies will be employed.

Israel will raise the stakes, and will try to draw Syria in, and push for a regional war. A Lebanon that defines itself based on the terms of resistance is utterly unacceptable from the Israeli viewpoint. That said, Peled might be creating a measured distraction from efforts aimed at igniting yet another war — against the besieged resistance in Gaza, or something entirely different. (Hamas’ recent announcement that its senior military leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was killed late January in Dubai at the hands of Israeli intelligence is also an indication of the involved efforts of Israel that goes much further than specific boundaries.)

Will it be Gaza or Lebanon first? Israel is sending mixed messages, and deliberately so. Hamas, Hezbollah and their supporters understand well the Israeli tactic and must be preparing for the various possibilities. They know Israel cannot live without its iron walls, and are determined to prevent any more from being built at their expense.

Ramzy Baroud (www.ramzybaroud.net) is a distinguished Arab American journalist and author. His latest book is My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza’s Untold Story, (Pluto Press, London)

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Exposition of Isaiah 61 – Part 10

February 17, 2010

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ISAIAH 61:11 –For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Just as the barren ground of a winter desolated garden suddenly springs forth with beautiful greenery and the production of fruit from the planted seed, by the design of God in sun and climate, so will the Seed of God cause it to spring forth in his righteousness, after it was made desolate by the time of Jacob’s trouble. The planet will burst forth into great millennial glory when the Seed of God,

the Son of God, comes in the sky as the Sun of righteousness to shine upon it.

Malachi 4:1,2 – For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. [2] But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.

The mankind calves of the stall will burst forth in great gladness and joy, and

will sing great songs of praise to the retuned Sun of righteousness.

Zephaniah 3:14-20 – Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

[15] The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the Lord, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.

[16] In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. [17] The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. [18] I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. [19] Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. [20] At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord.

Matthew 24:35 – Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Hebrews 10:23 – Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Jude 24,25 – Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, [25] To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

All the Scriptures that follow picture the great future all of God’s children, both Jew and Gentile, can be sure is awaiting them in the future, because their God is always faithful to fulfill his promises.

Isaiah 66:10-14 – Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: [11] That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. [12] For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and

be dandled upon her knees. [13] As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. [14] And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the Lord shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

Isaiah 65:18,19 – But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

[19] And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

Zechariah 8:3-8 – Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain. [4] Thus saith the Lord of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. [5] And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.

[6] Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the Lord of hosts. [7] Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; [8] And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.

ISAIAH 61:11,3 – For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. [3] To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

Zechariah 14:9,16-21 – And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one. [16] And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year

to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. [17] And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

[18] And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. [19] This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. [20] In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the Lord’s house shall be like the bowls before the altar.

[21] Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts.